I respectfully disagree. I frankly find Excelsior's level of flexibility to be shockingly high. I think they consistently ride on the border of credibility with their liberal approach to credit accumulation and it is my impression that they only make changes when they feel they have to in order to maintain the value of their degrees.

Don't forget--Excelsior had nothing to do with FEMA. They didn't create this bizarre "take a free on-line test for one college credit" business. Why shouldn't they set up requirements for using it? Based on what I've read on this forum--the FEMA process doesn't sound at all deserving of college credit to begin with.

Excelsior's costs are shockingly low (except for their on-line classes) and I think any additional flexibility would seriously erode the value of their degrees and, ultimately, could jeopardize their accreditation. If I were them and had to decide what to do with FEMA credits, I would probably just not accept them. If I was outvoted, my next vote would be to accept them through another college as credit from that college. My guess is that they don't really even want them but couldn't figure out a clean way to disapprove of them all together.

Anyway, for my time and money, you can't beat EC!

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Michael

CLEP - ISCA 68, Sociology 72, Psych 73, A&I Lit 61, HG&D 65, Ed Psych 70, Marketing 72, Management 69, Macroeconomics 63, Microeconomics 67
DSST - Intro to Comp 66, MIS 61, Supervision 67, Counseling 58 - no study!, Personal Finance 67, Statistics 60, Criminal Justice 57, Ethics 58, Finance 63 (All A's at EC)
COC - 2007 (Community College) - Acctg I&II 10c, Work/Study 4c, Intro to Research (Info Lit req) 1c, Society and Rock & Roll 3c, Fund of Music 3c, Guitar I & II 4c, Bass Guitar I 2c
ECE - Ethics (A), HRM (B), Organizational Behavior (B) | CSU - Operations Mgmt. (A) | TECEP - Business Policy 80 (CR)

My Excelsior Degree Journey

Bachelor of Science in General Business, cum laude
Excelsior College
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